Animal Models of Neurotrauma

The Fluid Percussion Injury Rodent Model in Preclinical Research on Traumatic Brain Injury.- Focal and Restricted Traumatic Injury Models in the Rodent Brain—Limitations, Possibilities, and Challenges.- A Model for Research on Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injuries.- A Sagittal Plane Rotational Injury Rodent Model for Research on Traumatic Brain Injuries.- Experimental Models of Blast-Induced Neurotrauma.- Utilization of Shock Tubes in Blast Injury Research.- Introduction to Blast in the Context of Blast Induced TBI.- The Clemedson Blast Tube.- Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injuries – Experimental Models for Repair and Reconstruction.- CNS Regeneration in Nerve Grafts - Practical Aspects of Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury in Rodents.- Experimental Nerve Plexus Root Avulsion and Spinal Cord Implantation.- Surgical Replantation of Avulsed Lumbosacral Ventral Roots and Urodynamic Studies in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Modelof Cauda Equina/Conus Medullaris Injury and Repair.- Secondary Insults in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury – The Addition of Hypoxia.- A Translational Model of Traumatic Brain Injury: Sheep Impact Acceleration.- In Vitro Trauma – Description of a Cavitation Inducing Injury Model.- Clinically Relevant Outcome Measures for Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Studies.- Concluding Remarks.